Page 15 - 16 - Vegetable Soup - Dumplings

page 15

back of page 15 = page 16

Okay, so this page looks different, and there is a good reason for that.  When I got this binder from my mother there was a hefty little pile of loose clippings and notes stuck in the back of the binder.  So instead of leaving them there to get lost in the mists of time, I made new pages in the same style as Florence's original pages.  I put a header and footer on each page letting who ever reads the book in the future know that these were added at a later date.  I sorted the recipes and tried to add them in the  proper categories.  

I just wanted to secure the little bits of dangerously floating paper while staying true to Florence's original vision for the book.

These recipes are a bit hard to read so I will transpose them here:

Vegetable Soup

2.5 to 3 lb chuck

2 to 2.5 bags of mixed veg (1 lb bags)

1/2 small head of cabbage

about 6 stalks of celery

3 medium size potatoes

2 cans of tomatoes

2 medium or large onions

That's all, nothing written on the back, but if you can't figure out a vegetable soup - you're over thinking this whole cooking thing.  Have more confidence!

Dumplings for stew or sauerkraut

This is 1/4 of the recipe

1/2 C. Flour

1 tsp. Baking Powder (written as B. Powder - I am assuming baking powder)

1/8th tsp. salt 

1/4 C. milk or water

mix all together and drop by spoonfuls on top of stew or kraut, cover and boil for about 20 minutes.

Must have enough liquid in the pot so it wont boil dry.

over...

The full recipe is on page 24 in my Metropolitan Cookbook

Well that is interesting.  Metropolitan Cookbook?  Dumplings in sauerkraut?  

I looked up what the Metropolitan cookbook might be and came across this chowhound article  - a full page of links to complete old recipe books.  Very cool.  BUT the Metropolitan cookbook it links to doesn't have a dumpling recipe on page 24!  Foiled again!